State-owned Eskom says it has reached an important milestone in its nationwide Load Reduction Eradication Programme, with five of the country's nine provinces now free from load reduction. To date, more than 1.1-million customers have been removed from load reduction schedules, representing a 65.17% performance towards the programme's load reduction eradication target.

Eskom has successfully removed over 1 million customers from load reduction schedules, marking a significant step towards eliminating this measure nationwide by 2027

Eskom has successfully removed over 1 million customers from load reduction schedules, marking a significant step towards eliminating this measure nationwide by 2027